Railway rail mounting means

Claim 1

FOR USE WITH RAILWAY TRACK STRUCTURE HAVING A SERIES OF LONGITUDINALLY ALIGNED RAILS, EACH SAID RAIL HAVING A HORIZONTAL BASE, A CENTRAL VERTICAL WEB INTEGRAL WITH SAID BASE AND A HEAD INTEGRAL WITH THE TOP OF SAID WEB, SAID TRACK STRUCTURE ALSO HAVING A PLURALITY OF TIES EXTENDING TRANSVERSE TO SAID RAILS AND SPACED APART LONGITUDINALLY ALONG SAID RAILS, MEANS FOR MOUNTING THE RAILS ON THE TIES COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED, CONTINUOUS METAL CHANNEL SUBSTANTIALLY LONGITUDINALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH EACH OF SAID RAILS AND ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID RAIL BASE AND SAID TIES AND BRIDGING A PLURALITY OF SAID TIES, SAID CHANNEL HAVING A BASE PLATE, VERTICAL LONGITUDINAL FLANGES SUBATANTIALLY ABUTTING BOTH OF THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF SAID RAIL BASE AND ALSO HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL LONGITUDINAL FLANGES PROJECTING INWARDLY OF SAID VERTICAL FLANGES AND OVERLYUING THE LONGITUDINAL EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID RAIL BASE, FASTENING MEANS RELEASABLY JOINING AT LEAST ONE OF SAID HORIZONTAL FLANGES TO ITS CORRESPONDING VERTICAL FLANGE OF SAID METAL CHANNEL; RESILIENT MEANS DISVERTICAL FLANGE OF SAID METAL CHANNEL; RESILIENT MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID BASE PLATE AND THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID RAIL BASE AND URGING SAID RAIL BASE UPWARD SO THAT THE LONGITUDINAL EDGE PORTIONS THEREOF NORMALLY SNUGLY ENGAGE SAID HORIZONTAL FLANGES.